Rat neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing α7 subunit: Pharmacological properties of ligand binding and function

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 842-850

  Xiao, Yingxian ^a   Abdrakhmanova, Galya R ^b   Baydyuk, Maryna ^a   Hernandez, Susan ^a   Kellar, Kenneth J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Memory; Neurotransmitter release

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN I 125; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL STRAIN KXALPHA7R1; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACONITINE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIGANDS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 67549101176     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2009.69     Document Type: Article

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